Over the past couple of weeks here at David Higham Associates, we have:
Congratulated…
Becca Freeman on the publication of her glorious debut, The Christmas Orphans Club. ‘A festive, funny, hug of a novel about love in all its forms’ (Clare Pooley, bestselling author of The Authenticity Project), The Christmas Orphans Club is out now in paperback!
Yewande Omotoso whose novel An Unusual Grief is shortlisted for the 2023 SA Sunday Times Literary Awards. Read more here.
Jason Allen Paisant on being shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize for his brilliant second collection Self-Portrait as Othello. Described as a ‘fine, fine accomplishment’ (Raymond Antrobus) and an ‘indispensable collection’ (The Guardian), Self-Portrait as Othello considers the Black male body, its presence, transgressiveness and vulnerabilities in relation to Othello’s own intertwined identities. Copies are available here.
Michelle Lipton on being met with praise after her episode of series 38 of CASUALTY, entitled SWITZERLAND, was aired on the BBC. Russell T. Davies took to Instagram to share his review of the episode, describing it as a ‘wonderful piece of work’ with a ‘beautiful script [that is] unexpectedly funny with a hard-won simplicity’. You can watch the episode here.
Benjamin Myers on being shortlisted for The Goldsmiths Prize 2023 for Cuddy. This exceptional, highly original, experimental, multi disciplinary novel marks Myers out as one of the most interesting fiction writers of his generation.
‘An epic…ambitious, dreamy, earthy, dark, welcoming and not…..deeply grateful for its existence’.
The Financial Times
‘Explores the endurance of goodness and grace’.
The Spectator
Val McDermid, whose fantastic novel A Place of Execution was recently selected by Time Magazine as being one of the 100 best Mystery and Thriller books of all time. Val, dubbed the ‘Queen of Crime’, takes her place among writers such as Agatha Christie and Daphne du Maurier. Read more here!
Anticipated…
Andrew Haigh’s film adaptation of Strangers by Taichi Yamada as the first trailer was released.
ALL OF US STRANGERS stars Paul Mescal (Aftersun, Normal People) and Andrew Scott (Fleabag, Pride) and moves the novel’s ghostly Tokyo to dreamy London and changes the central relationship to a gay one. It’s set to be widely released in the UK in January 2024, and you can watch the trailer here.
Enjoyed…
The French publication of Olivia Atwater’s Half A Soul on 2nd October, with gorgeous blue sprayed edges! And lucky early-birds were able to get their hands on a bespoke Half A Soul box, complete with thimbles, mirrors and embroidery kits!
Thank you for reading our news round-up! Keep your eyes peeled for our next update…
DHA
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